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It's not about how many startups Indiana has. It's about Lugar.

• philwelch 17y ago
  Aside from keeping him in the news, how does this help Lugar? More to the point, how does this help Lugar in Indiana?
  • mlinsey 17y ago
    Lugar is an institution of his own. He's been in the Senate for 33 years. When you reach that level of incumbency, you stop having to worry about how each bill of yours affects your re-election chances.
    • philwelch 17y ago
      Perish the thought, but are you somehow implying a Senator is attempting to be a wise and responsible statesman? That kind of nonsense will never fly in this country.
      • mlinsey 17y ago
        You can do anything you want with decades long incumbency - be wise and reasonable, be corrupt, pursue eccentric but harmless pet projects, be lazy, be almost anything you want. I have no idea what Lugar's motives are here, only that getting primaried out or losing to a Democrat in Indiana is not even on his radar screen. (yes, Evan Bayh is from Indiania, but there are no other popular former Democratic governors ready to come out of the woodwork to run against Lugar)